I just bought a new amp head, rated at 300 watts at 4 ohms, and a new 4-10 cab, rated at 800 watts at 8 0hms. Is there a way to plug some kind of dummy impedance load into one of the amp's speaker outs, so I can pump the full 300 watts to the cab?
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Creating a dummy impedance load
- Thread starter 24stringbass
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Nope
You will actually end up with less watts then if you don't do that.
A useless resistor will only soak up half the watts. You will be left with 150W instead of 185W or whatever it is now.
You will actually end up with less watts then if you don't do that.
A useless resistor will only soak up half the watts. You will be left with 150W instead of 185W or whatever it is now.
Appreciated. Actually, the company I got the cab from accidentally sent an additional one as well, so I guess I could just use them both w/ the head (parallel, of course?) and get full power.
That's pretty awsome, espeically since it both solves you problem and gives you a free 410cab. But I would be honest in that situation, it's alot of money you just got there by accident.
It doesn't exist without pics on TB anywayJazzin' said:
. But really, I'd tell them, cos you most likely have someone elses cab now...-Ray
